jette clover
fiber art and mixed media
Public Collections:
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Nordwolle Museum, Delmenhorst, Germany
Verbeke Foundation, Kemzake, Belgium
National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
Braintree District Museum, Braintree, UK
Museo de Collage, Cuernevaca, Mexico
Museum Arte Colle, Plemet, France
Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, Weston, MA
Roundhill Financial Management, Titusville, FL
Durango Arts Center, Colorado
The Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram, Texas
The Center for Adult Education, Melbourne, Australia
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
International Quilt Festival/ Karey Bresenhan, Houston, TX
Puki Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ICSC, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Michigan University Art Museum, MI
Quiltmania, France
Krusemark Gmbh., Mühlheim, Germany
Tsanko Lavreno National School of Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Many private collections in the US, Europe and Australia.
Awards:
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Honorable Mention, 2016
The Quilt Japan Prize, Carrefour, Alsace, France, 2015
Text On Textiles, IQF Houston, TX, Honorable Mention, 2011
The Art Quilt Experience, NY, Jonathan Holstein juror award, 2011
Art QuiltsTransitions, Durham Art Center, NC, Honorary Mention, 2009
Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK, 3rd prize Miniature quilts
Art QuiltsCultures, Page Walker Art Center, Cary, NC, Juror’s Award 2008
9th Quilt Nihon Japan, Magic Patch Award 2008
Form Not Function, IN, Merit Award, 2005
AQ@Sedgwick, PA, Surface Design Award 2004,
Beyond the Bed, Paso, FL, Merit Award 2003
7th Quilt Nihon Japan, Art Quilt Magazine Award, 2003
Exhibition Highlights (Selected exhibitions since 2000):
2024
Material Evidence/ Quilt Art, MAC, Birmingham, UK
Sounds, Sights and Textures, Newcastle, Australia
2023
Triviale Mini Textile, Sofia, Bulgaria
Following the Thread /Quit Art, Cloth Factory, Esch-Our-Sure, Luxembourg
2022
Text en Textiel (solo), Galerie HAWAR, Oldeberkoop, NL
A Voice in Stitches (solo) Galerie Zone, Leiden, NL
Wide Horizon VIII/SAQA, EPM, Alsace, France (traveling 2022-2024)
Haven/ SAQA, Quilt Festival Houston, TX (traveling 2022-2025)
Finding Your Thread, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2021
Wide HorizonVII/ SAQA, EPM, Alsace, France (traveling 2021-2023)
2019
Linguistic Marks (duo exhibit), Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
Material Evidence, Quilt Art group, Menier Gallery, London, UK (traveling 2019 - 2024)
Traces, Quilt Art group, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK (traveling 2019 - 2024)
Vorm en Taal (duo exhibit), High Five Art Gallery,Baarle-Nassau, the Netherlands
edge 8, Sunderland Gallery, Omaha, NE, US
2018
Words (solo), Schwaebische Kunstzomer 2018, Irsee, Germany
Nature of the Stitch, Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla, WA, US
Wide Horizon VI, SAQA Europe, Alsace, France (traveling 2018-2019)
Quilt Visions: Connections, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, US
2017
Dialogues/ Quilt Art, Int. Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, NE
Eye Talk 2 (duo exhibition), Gallery Aahuset, Uppsala, Sweden
Made In Europe 1/ Saqa, AQS Daytona Beach, FL (traveling 2017-2019)
International Textile Biennale, Kunststichting Perspectief, Haacht, Belgium
Layered Voices/ Saqa, Int. Quilt Study Center, Lincoln, NE (traveling 2017-2019)
Significant Stitches (solo), Het Wevershuis, Leiden, the Netherlands
Stitched Up, The Lock-Up Space, Newcastle, Australia
Grande Finale, Historisch Museum de Beverlanden, Goes, the Netherlands
A Portrait - Through Our Hands, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
On the Verge - edge 7, Alice G. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
Interpretations - Conversations, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2016
The Quilt & Stitch Show, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
Wide Horizons V/ SAQA, Carrefour, Alsace, France, traveling 2016-2017
Break Out: Quilt Visions 2016, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, US
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, USA
edge 6, Sunderland Gallery, Omaha, NE
Fine Art Quilt Masters, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
2015
6th European Quilt Triennale, Max Berk Museum, Heidelberg, Germay, traveling 2015-2016
Maker, Making, Made/ Through Our Hands group, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
The Liberated Quilt/ Through Our Hands group, Bilston Craft Gallery, Bilston, UK
Small Talk, 30 Years Quilt Art, Festival of Quilts, Birmigham, UK, traveling 2015-2017
Dialogues, 30 Years Quilt Art, Max Berk Museum, Heidelberg, Germany, traveling 2015-2017
The Text is the Image (solo) Galerie Zone, Leiden, Netherlands
Textiel Biennale 2015, Kunststichting Perspektief, Haacht, Belgium
2014
Wide Horizons IV/ SAQA Val d'Argent, Alsace, France, traveling 2014-16
European Art Quilts VIII, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK, traveling 2014-16
Architectuur'Elles, Le Mans, France
Mindful Landscapes/ edge 5, The Sunderland Gallery Omaha, NE
2013
Quilt National, Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, US, traveling 2013-15
Calligraffiti (solo), Nordwolle Museum, Delmenhorst, Germany
Woorden op Wanden (solo), galerie Waterloo 35, Antwerpen, Belgium
Fabrications (solo), Nadelwelt, Karlsruhe, Germany
Art Quilts in Nederland, Gouda, the Netherlands
Quilt Art in Russia, the Quilt Art group, Tsarritsyne Museum, Moscow, Russia
2012
Voices/Quilt Art, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK, traveling 2012-14
Synchronicity, HighWire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art Quilt Elements 2012, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Taiwan Int. Quilt Exhibition, Tainan City and Taichung, Taiwan
European Art Quilts VII, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK , traveling 2012-14
5th European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany, traveling 2012/2013
Wide Horizon III/ SAQA, Val d'Argent, France, traveling 2 years
Seasonal Palette/ SAQA, IQF Houston, TX, traveling 2012-16
2011
Celebrate, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Nat. Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
The Art Quilt Experience, The Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
Letters, Words and Sentences, (solo) Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK
Urban Landscapes, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
2010
Small Notes – Big Stories (solo), Lugano, Switzerland
Quilt Visions 2010: No Boundaries, Oceanside Museum of Art, CA
European Art Quilts VI, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK, travelig 2010/2012
Quilt Art @ 25, Bankfield, Halifax, UK, traveling 2010-2013
Quilt Art: International Expressions, Minnetrista Cultural Center, Muncie, IN, traveling 2010-15
A Slice of Quilt Art, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK, traveling 2010-14
35/35 Contemporary European Art Quilts, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Art Quilt Elements 2010, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Kleine Berichten-Grote Verhalen, baquba ( 3 person show) traveling in the Netherlands and Belgium 2010/2011
Wide Horizon II/ SAQA, Val d’Argent, France
2009
SAQA @ 20, Art & Excellence, Houston, TX, traveling 2 years
4th European Quilt Triennale, Heidelberg, Germany traveling 2009/2010
Taiwan International Quilts 2009, Tainan City Taiwan
Reflections/ Transformations 09, FoQ, Birmingham, UK, traveling
2008
Masters: Art Quilts I, IQA, Houston, TX, traveling 2 years
European Art Quilts V, FoQ, Birmingham, UK, traveling 2008-10
Quilt Visions 2008, Oceanside Museum, CA
Urban Poetry, (solo) Gallery Imagering, Malmoe, Sweden
Wide Horizons, SAQA/Europe, Val d’Argent, France
Icons & Images, Transformations 08/SAQA, traveling
9th Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan traveling
2007
QA22, the Quilt Art group, traveling in UK, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands
Reconstructions (solo) Gallery Quiltstar, Freiburg, Germany
Artextures 4, Paris, France, traveling 2 years
Reverberations/Transformations 07/ SAQA, F of Q, Birmingham, UK (traveling)
2006
Visions 2006, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Inscriptions (solo), Bad Saulgau, Germany
3rd European Art Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany, traveling 2006/2007
European Art Quilts IV, Lyon, France, traveling 2006-2008
Transformations I/ SAQA, F of Q, Birmingham, UK, traveling
Art Quilts @ Sedgwick 06, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Keeping Track of Time (solo) Atlantic Art Center, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
In Pursuit of Yellow (solo), Museum of Arts & Science, Melbourne, Florida
QA20, the Quilt Art group, traveling in UK, the Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France, Japan, Canada
Form Not Function, Carnegie Center of Art, New Albany, IN
2004
Visions 2004, Oceanside Museum, San Diego, CA
Art Quilts @ Sedgwick 04, Philadelphia, PA
Art Quilts at Whistler, Lowell, MA
2003
Transatlantic Dialog (2 pesons show), Textile Museum, Herning, Denmark
Re-Interpretations, the Quilt Art group, Braintree Museum, Essex, UK (traveling)
Fiber Artists, The Artist Museum, Washington DC
7th Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan
2002
Quilts & Collages (solo), Gallery Minos, Cocoa, Florida
Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Art & Design, New York, traveling
Art Quilts@ Sedgwick 02, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Urban Walls (solo) Val d’Argent, France
Moving On, the Quilt Art group, traveling in UK, Germany and the Netherlands
European Art Quilts II, Museum NCH, Breda, the Netherlands, traveling 2001/2003
CQ96, (3 person show), Galerie Zone, Leiden, the Netherlands
Traditions & Innovations, Museum of Decorative Applied Art, Riga. Latvia
2000
Miniartextil, Como, Italy
Out of Time, Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
Mood Indigo, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
1st European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany, traveling 2000/2001
Publications.
A selection of books and catalogs:
Finding Your Tread, Anne Kempton, Newcastle, Australia, 2022
Exploring Art Quilts, vol 2. Martha Sielman/SAQA 2022
Material Evidence & Traces, Quilt Art group, 2019
50 Years of Art Quilts, SAQA, Martha Sielman, 2018
Interpretations: Conversations, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, 2017
European Art Quilts Grande Finale, Breda, the Netherlands, 2017
Artistry in Fiber: Wall Art, vol. 1, Schiffer Publishing, Arglen, PA, 2017
Stitched Up, The Lock-Up Space, Newcastle, Australia, 2017
Layered Voices/ Saqa, 2017
International Textile Biennale, Kunststichting Perspectief, Haacht, Belgium 2017
Break-Out: Quilt Visions 2016
Tranquility & Turmoil/ SAQA, 2016
Wide Horizons/ SAQA Europe, 2016
Catalogue Prestige, Ste Marie aux Mines, France, 2015
6th European Quilt Triennale, Heidelberg, Germany, 2015
Portfolio, Through Our Hands, UK 2015
Dialogues & Small Talk, Quilt Art group 30 years, UK 2015
European Art Quilts VIII, Netherlands 2014
In Search of Perfection, Quilt Art group, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Quilt National, Dairy Barn, Athens, OH, 2013
Text in Textiles, by Sara Impey, Batsford, UK, 2013
Art Quilts in Nederland, by Henk Lijding, Wbooks, the Netherlands, 2013
Textiles: The Art of Mankind, by Mary Schoeser, Thames & Hudson, UK, 2012
Textielleeft, by Ellen Bakker, the Netherlands, 2012
The Copeland Collection, vol 2, Plymouth, New Zealand, 2012
Seasonal Palette/ SAQA, Storrs, CT, 2012
TIQE '12, Taiwan, 2012
Art Quilt Elements 2012, Wayne, PA
European Art Quilts VII, Netherlands, 2012
5th European Quilt Triennale, Germany, 2012
Connecting Design to Stitch, by Sandra Meech, Batsford, UK, 2012
Eine Welt im Stoff – zum Quadrat, by Dörte Bach, Germany, 2012
The Art Quilt Experience, The Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, NY 2011
State of the Art Quilt, by Sandra Sider, NY, 2011
Voices, Quilt Art group, UK, 2011
Colour In Art Quilts, by Janet Twinn, Batsford, UK, 2011
Kleine Berichten-Grote Verhalen, Belgium 2010
European Art Quilts VI, Netherlands, 2010
SAQA @ 20, Art & Excellence, 2009
4th European Quilt Triennale, Heidelberg, Germany, 2009
Transformations 09: Reflections, SAQA 2009
Connecting Art to Stitch, by Sandra Meech, Batsford, UK, 2009
The Copeland Collection, Plymouth, New Zealand, 2009
Visions 2008, Quilt Visions, San Diego, CA, 2008
Masters: Art Quilts. Major Works By Leading Artists. Lark Books, CA, 2008
European Art Quilts V, the Netherlands, 2008
Transformations 08: Icons & images, SAQA, Storrs, CT, 2008
The 9th Quilt Nihon Exhibition, Japan, 2007
Quilt Art 22, Quilt Art group, 2007
Dutch Quilt / Quilt in Beeld, Ria van Els-Dubelaar, the Netherlands, 2007
Transformations 07: Reverberations. SAQA, Storrs, CT, 2007
Visions 2006, Quilt Visions, San Diego, CA
European Art Quilts IV, the Netherlands, 2006
Transformations 06 / SAQA, 2006
Art Quilts @ the Sedgwick, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Quilt Art 20. The Quilt Art group, 2005
Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Art & Design, New York/ Japan, 2005
Visions 2004, Quilt Visions, CA
Art Quilts @ the Sedgwick, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark Books, CA, 2004
Contemporary Quilts, Design, Surface and Stitch, Sandra Meech, Batsford, UK, 2003
Re-Interpretations. Quilt Art group, 2003
Art Quilts @ the Sedgwick, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
7th Quilt Nihon exhibition, Japan, 2003
European Art Quilts II, the Netherlands, 2001
Moving On, Quilt Art, UK, 2000
2000 Miniartextil, Como, Italy, 2000
1st European Quilt Triennale, Heidelberg, Germany, 2000
5th Quilt Nihon, Tokyo, Japan, 1998
A selection of magazine articles and print and online interviews:
Reimagining Pen on Paper (artist portfolio) Art Quilting Studio, US, Winter 2023
Dagelijkse oefenen baart kunst (interview) Handwerlk zonder Grenen, NL #232, 2022
Material Evidence, International Textilkunst, Germany, June 2022
Portraiture in Stamps, Art Quilting Studio, US, summer 2022
Jette Clover: From Conception to Creation (interview), Textile Artist.org, March 8, 2021
Jette Clover: The Written Stitch (interview) School of Stitched Textiles, UK, April 2021
The Textile Curator (interview) April 2019
Inspirational # 24, (interview) John Hopper, March 2019
State of Fiber Art in the Netherlands, Diane Franklin, Fiber Art Now, vol 7, issue 1, Fall 2017
Inspired By Language, SAQA Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2017
Verweerde Kleuren (interview), Handwerken Zonder Grenzen # 199, the Netherlands, 2017
Inspirational 10, The Textile Blog, May 2016
Textiles, Texture and Text (interview), SAQA Blog, USA, November 3, 2015
Patchwork Professional (interview), Germany, # 4, 2015
Memories Through Stamps, Through Our Hands magazine, UK, # 4, 2015
Crafts, UK, September/October 2015
The Quilter, UK, no 144, autumn 2015
The Textile Artist blog (interview), England, 26-5-2014
Quilt & Zo, nr. 20, the Neterlands, winter 2013
Patchwork Professional, (interview), Germany, 04/ 2012
‘De eerste 20 jaren’, Henk Lijding, Quiltnieuws, NL, #112/2012, NL
Norsk Quilteblad (interview), Norway, 1/ 2012
Patchworkideën (interview), Germany, October 2011
Touch and Vision (interview) with Terry Jarrard-Dimond, on-line Feb 3, 2011
Art Quilting Studio (interview), CA, Winter 2010
Jette Clover and the Graffiti of Life, Textile Blog, July 12, 2010
A Sense of Place, by Linda Colsh, Surface Design Journal, USA, Fall 2010
Handcrafted, Stampington & Co, CA, 2009
Patchwork Professional (interview), Germany, 02/2009
Magic Patch no 74, (interview) France, May/June 2008
Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, USA, February-March 2008
Quilters SOS – Save Our Stories – interview, USA, April 2006
Zurenborg Gazette, (interview), Antwerpen, Belgium, April 2006
Somerset Studio, Stampington & Co., CA, September 2005
ACA Newsletter, New Smyrna Beach, FL, May-August 2005
Florida Today, (interview) Melbourne, FL, Thursday, March 24, 2005
Herning Folkeblad (interview), Denmark, July 29, 2003
Quiltemagasinet, (interview) Norway, 1/2003
Quilt Nihon magazine, Japan, 2003
SAQA Newsletter, volume 12 no 2, 2002
Les Nouvelles du Patchwork, # 67, (interview) France, 2001
Quiltemagasinet, (interview) Norway, 3/2000
Quilt Nieuws # 60, (interview) the Netherlands, , 1999